Sudan’s Conflict Is Not Just a Civil War

Counter/Argument: A Middle East Podcast

Since April 2023, Sudan has been in a state of conflict driven by a power struggle between two rival military factions that has devastated the country. Over three million people were displaced just in the first 100 days, thousands killed, and many more wounded. But what do we actually know about the conflict in Sudan?
Join host Naghmeh Sohrabi as she speaks with Anna Simone Reumert, a postdoctoral fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at the New School, who has conducted extensive ethnographic work with Sudanese migrant workers in Lebanon and Sudan. In their conversation, they cover a wide variety of topics from a basic understanding of the various local and global actors to what we miss when we insist on calling the conflict a civil war; the ways in which comparisons to the Lebanese civil war sheds light on the conflict in Sudan; and an assessment of available diplomatic solutions.
Anna Simone Reumert, postdoctoral fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at the New School in New York City.
Naghmeh Sohrabi, director for research at the Crown Center and the Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History.
Music Credit: Aslaf, “Asha Kalimina”
More Resources:

• https://africasacountry.com/2023/09/a-revolution-in-pain
• https://spectrejournal.com/the-future-of-the-resistance-committees-in-sudan/
• https://merip.org/2021/12/the-evolution-of-sudans-popular-political-forces/
• https://timep.org/2021/11/26/resistance-committees-the-specters-organizing-sudans-protests/
• https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/sudans-unfinished-democracy/

Editorial team: Naghmeh Sohrabi, Karen Spira, Ramyar D. Rossoukh
Producer: Karen Spira
Audio engineer: Levon Henry
Podcast art: Chae Lee
Theme music: "Sleeky" by ComaStudio, Pixabay
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